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Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 4) - Housing and employment
by Dru Trenholm
This modern trend was not reflected in the initial housing provision, which was appalling. Renting houses at nearby Hesleden was limited and many families lived in huts and tents and even in some of the caves on the beach. The normal monotonous grid-pattern houses were built going up by “numbers” as at Horden – First Street, Second Street, Third Street and so on.
Blackhall employment figures started with 673 in 1914 and in 1980 the number was 1,353.
| Employment: | Year | Below | Above | Total |
 | 1914 | 464 | 209 | 673 |
| 1921 | 1,131 | 287 | 1,418 |
| 1930 | 1,930 | 515 | 2,445 |
| 1940 | 1,784 | 516 | 2,300 |
| 1945 | 1,841 | 515 | 2,356 |
| 1947 | 1,838 | 550 | 2,388 |
| 1950 | 2,006 | 484 | 2,490 |
| 1960 | 1,676 | 371 | 2,047 |
| 1972 | 1,294 | 322 | 1,616 |
| 1975 | 1,158 | 292 | 1,450 |
| 1980 | 1,115 | 238 | 1,353 |
Information from the Durham Mining Museum Website.
This is part of a series of projects, others are listed below:
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 1) - Early history
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 2) - Industrialisation
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 3) - Sinking of the shaft
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 5) - The village
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 6) - Post war years
Blackhall Colliery and Village (Part 7) - Full circle
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